Master Video Series (Part 6, Oblivion)

The master learns to orchestrate oblivion (realms of obscurity, forgetting, disappearance). She plays at nothingness like a music box, knowing when time must perish of itself. We encounter 3 principles of oblivion here:

To summon coldness at will (becoming when one must become indifferent, uncaring, and merciless).

To enter into states of haze (becoming fog, mist, vapor, ghost).

To imagine oneself as the last person on earth (post-apocalyptic solitude, world-extinction).

These are the first forms of oblivion, for which there is only vanishing and aftermath.

The South African visual artist Jane Alexander is known for constructing scenes of elaborate desolation. In these scenes, there are often three creatures looming, and each one a unique example of oblivion.

The Wolf (figure of automatic movement, devouring, and collective brutality).